Improved sheep-holder



c. ALBERT, or 'HARnIsViLLn OHIO,

Lener; Patent No. 77,435, and May 5,4 186s.l

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4TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN: Y

Be it known that I, C. ALBERT, of Harrisville, in the county of Medina, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheep-Holders; and I do hereby declare Athat the following is a full and complete description of the' same, 'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga partof this spleciication, in Which- Figure 1 is aside view of the holder.4

Figure 2 is an end vievv.

Figure l8 is a top view. l

Like letters of reference refer to like parts.

My invention relates to the construction of a sheep-table or holder, it being an improvement of a former'- machine, for which a patentwas granted to me, the construction and operation oir'which is ,as follows:

In g. 1, A represents the top of the table, ofwhich B ,are the legs. C is a shaft or roller,its bearings resting in the side-rails'of the table., D are socket-stays secured to the projecting ends of' the shaft, and in which are inserted andbraced the standards E. The euds of said standards are pivoted in the roller, thereby allowing to them vibratory movement toward and from the table, for a purpose hereafter shoivn. From the upper end o'i` lthe standards proceed lthe armsl F, the extremities of which are furnished with'a strap and buckle, Gr.. I

The practicalroperation of thisA machine is as folloivs, viz: Y

The sheep is laid upon the table, withfits neck resting upon the pillow I-l, to which it may be secured by a. strap. Should the animal be refractory,'the limbs oftthesheep are 'stretched .out and secured to the arms F by the toggle G. The animal in this condition can be turned over on either side, more or less, to suit the convenience of the Shearer, by pushing the standards 'in either direction, as indicated by .the dotted lines a, iig. 2, and which may b'e secured in any one position by the pawls and ratch'etqvheel .I I.

In the former machine referred vto,the standards ,'Were four in number, tnro at each' end of the shaft, branching outward from each other, as indicated by the dotted lines a.' Said standards were fixed rigidly tothe shaft, so that theycould net he moved for adjustment. j Y

l The objection toithis machine was, that the standards, being two in number, and branching, were found to be in the way of the operator, so that a free access could not be had to the sheep. This obstruction rendered the table inconvenient and often impracticable. Also,- lthe standards being rigidly ixcd to theshaft, could not be adjusted in thedirection indicated by the dotted lineslb, fig. f1, for the purpose ofadaptingrthe standards to different-'sized or lengthed sheep. ,Hence a small animal could not besecured oir-the table constructed for a large one without greatly stretching the creature, which rendercdits position unnatural and painful to be borne'.

But by using a single standard, and pivoting it in th'e roller, as above described, this objection is avoided, as

theA standards can be moved inward or outward, so as to adjust them to any length of sheep, and when so adjusted, are securely retained by the insertion of a pin,'c, in either ofthe liolcsobservcdin thel socket-stay D, By this construction and arrangement of the machine, it -is much more convenient and useful, and better adapted to the purpose intended than the old machine alluded to. l

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure byLet-ters Patent, is- The adjustable standards E, arms F, in combination with the socketstays D and rollers C,in' the manner as and for the purpose'set forth.

Y C. ALBERT.

Witnesses.:

J. E. Bussines, J. HOLMES. 

